Zweave to Provide Services to ARMORsmith
 BOSTON, Massachusetts,
March 13, 2007 - Zweave, Inc., a leader in on-demand design automation
software serving the needs of defense industry acquisition programs and
consumer products manufacturers, today announced that it will provide
services to ARMORsmith, a leading provider of next generation body armor.
ARMORsmith has signed a two year subscription agreement to Zweave’s Zdesign
to manage product development data associated with the research,
development, and manufacture of lightweight body armor solutions for
Military and civilian police.
With a unique focus on human factors in the product lifecycle and defense
industry specific features, Zweave’s on-demand design automation solutions
support the collaborative product lifecycle management of clothing and
individual equipment items. Zdesign is a comprehensive, integrated suite of
Collaborative Design Studios in which creative and sourcing teams come
together to manage all aspects of product development. “After spending
twenty years in product development with inefficient tools and processes to
support color, fit, design, trend research, merchandising, sampling and
sourcing, our team of product development and technology experts have
created the tools we have always wanted for design and product development
activities,” says McCann, an Apparel Industry Product Development Veteran
and the President and Founder of Zweave. “We have received seven Small
Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants from the US Department of Defense
to develop clothing and equipment design automation solutions to support the
defense acquisition community. After five years of government funded R&D, we
are launching Zdesign and Fit Studio our first products for the Consumer
Products Markets in May 2007 with our partner OptiTex USA.”
“ARMORsmith required a system that would support both male and female 3D
data from medical imaging, full body scans, landmarks, 3D fit, pattern
making, and portfolio management” said Alex Gallo, President of ARMORsmith.
“Zdesign lets us replace manual product data management systems with an
integrated and automated solution that supports versioning, change control
and secure collaboration with our internal and external partners in the
defense industry. Zdesign supports our requirements for managing complex
anthropometric and human factors information together with pattern making,
grading and 3D CAD solutions from OptiTex while supporting our workflow and
business processes to guarantee ARMORsmith’s solutions reach our troops on
the battlefield today and not in ten years.”
“Our partnership with Zweave has allowed us to integrate OptiTex’s 2D and
3D design tools with Zweave’s Fit Studio, enabling ARMORsmith’s design team
to maximize product development efficiencies through the use of
Anthropometric Virtual Models, custom patterns and Fit Workspaces” said
Yoram Burg, President of OptiTex USA. “The Warfighter depends on the fit of
their body armor and our tools combined with Zweave’s PLM approach to
managing fit data will save lives.”
“The adoption of Zdesign by ARMORsmith further validates Zweave’s
on-demand design automation solutions as a highly attractive alternative to
expensive, risky, and cumbersome, non apparel-specific PLM client-server
applications,” said David Buck, CEO of Zweave. “For the first time, Zweave
is offering access to apparel focused, web-based Product Lifecycle
Management software as an ASP with a yearly subscription fee instead of as
an enterprise solution necessitating expensive software license fees. Our
approach makes it possible for small and medium size companies on the
cutting edge of product design, whether fashion or defense focused, to
minimize their internal IT resource obligations. We lower their overall
costs, reduce the implementation complexity and speed up the time to launch,
while providing access to cutting edge software.”
About ARMORsmith
ARMORsmith Company develops next generation armor solutions for both male
and female protection that incorporate the latest in nanotechnology, high
strength lightweight materials, microclimate systems, transparent armor,
data-communications, and power systems. The lightweight & scalable defensive
technological advancements greatly enhance protection for the warfighter and
police officer with anthropometrically developed armor solutions that can be
produced cost effectively in volume.
About OptiTex
Founded in 1987, OptiTex specializes in the development of innovative
easy-to-operate CAD/CAM solutions for sewn products and other related
industries. Its native Microsoft Windows based software packages for
digitizing, pattern engineering, grading, marking, advanced automatic
nesting, made to measure and draping, are specifically designed to meet the
needs of today's manufacturers of industrial fabrics, apparel, upholstery,
transportation, composites, home furnishings, and other sewn products.
OptiTex's open architecture system comes amply equipped with a multitude of
import/export formats, enabling OptiTex users to interface with a wide range
of software and hardware. OptiTex also offers the convenient option of
purchasing a completely integrated package, including OptiTex software
solutions, digitizer, and pen or ink jet plotter. Available in more than 20
languages, OptiTex products are sold and supported around the world through
certified distributors and OEMs.
About Zweave
Zweave, Inc. is a leader in on-demand design automation software, serving
the needs of Defense acquisition programs, the Defense industry, and
consumer products manufacturers. For the thousands of people working in
organizations that design, source and manufacture clothing, footwear,
equipment, textiles and consumer products, Zweave’s software solutions make
it as easy as possible to share and manage product development information
anytime, anywhere. Product research, design and development are the first
steps in delivering a product to market. Every decision including fit, color,
material and trim impacts cost, sourcing location and time to market.
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